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Copyright: Gert Steyn (gert) Silver Note Writer [C: 0 W: 0 N: 19] (212)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-06-17
Categories: Nature
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Exposure: f/3.5
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-06-18 16:06
Viewed: 477
Points: 2
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I took this photo whilst camping next to a river on a farm close to Sutherland (Known for the SALT observatory)

The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) is the largest single optical telescope in the southern hemisphere, with a hexagonal mirror array 11 metres across. Although very similar to the Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET) in Texas, SALT has a redesigned optical system using more of the mirror array. It will be able to record distant stars, galaxies and quasars a billion times too faint to be seen with the unaided eye - as faint as a candle flame at the distance of the moon.

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The photo iteself not so impressive but the story behind it very much so. But then I suppose how else do you capture the ambience of this environment. Therefor, 2 points anyway! Well done!

Carlo

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